PSU Pin Problems

[Fiets]

So the r9 290x requires one 6 pin and one 8 pin. So my PSU doesnt have 8 pin(It has 6 pin thought). Can I put instead of one 8 pin two 4 pin?

Also the PSU is 550 Watt. Is that enought to run the system?

Intel i5 760

8 Gb Ram

120 Gb SSD

1 TB HDD

[79wjd]

NO! 

 

Those two four pins are for CPU power; not PCIE power (they're different). 

 

550w is enough assuming it can deliver all 550w on the +12v rail. What PSU do you have? 

[Fiets]

NO! 

 

Those two four pins are for CPU power; not PCIE power (they're different). 

 

550w is enough assuming it can deliver all 550w on the +12v rail. What PSU do you have? 

I dont have the PC yet but I'm buying it and I'm putting a r9 290x in it. So I dont know wich PSU it is yet.

[79wjd]

I dont have the PC yet but I'm buying it and I'm putting a r9 290x in it. So I dont know wich PSU it is yet.

Have you bought it yet (or has it just not arrived yet)? If you haven't you should just build one yourself from scratch. 

[Fiets]

Also It has 4 gb of unkown DDR3 ram. Can i just buy another brand of DDR3 ram (4GB) and put it in the motherboard? 

[Fiets]

Have you bought it yet (or has it just not arrived yet)? If you haven't you should just build one yourself from scratch. 

I haven't bought it yet. Im going to his house see if the PC runs and if it runs well I buy it. 

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/computers-en-software/desktop-pc-s/m860922799-supermooie-game-pc-i5-4gb-ram-1000gb-hdd-gaming-desktop.html?c=efb2ef4dc323389c4f92ed10afa33e3a&previousPage=lr

This is the link btw (It's dutch but the specs are english)

[79wjd]

I haven't bought it yet. Im going to his house see if the PC runs and if it runs well I buy it. 

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/computers-en-software/desktop-pc-s/m860922799-supermooie-game-pc-i5-4gb-ram-1000gb-hdd-gaming-desktop.html?c=efb2ef4dc323389c4f92ed10afa33e3a&previousPage=lr

This is the link btw (It's dutch but the specs are english)

You'd be better off just building one from scratch rather than buying one with a 4 year old cpu, only 4gb of ram, and possibly a low-end psu. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€109.33 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€43.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: A-Data XPG Gaming Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€69.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.90 @ Caseking) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (€335.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€37.80 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€65.44 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €714.42

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-14 21:36 CET+0100

 

Ideally you could spend a bit more and get an i5-4460. 

[Fiets]

Btw wont the i5 760 bottleneck the r9 290x?

[79wjd]

Btw wont the i5 760 bottleneck the r9 290x?

It depends on the game.

 

An i5-760 would be similar in multithreaded performance to an i3-4130; however, a 4130 has a much stronger IPC (power per core). 

So in any single or dual threaded program the i3 will outperform the 760; and in any programs that utilize three or four threads (well) should perform similarly on both.